Toy.



SHOZVO WTANABE, OF CALIFORNIA, OHIO.

TOY.

Application filed August 13, 1915.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it lmown that I, SHozo WATANABE, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing at California, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in toys. A

The object of the present invention is to provide a device of the character specified which will be both interesting and amusing to persons of all ages.

Anotherobject is to provide a device of the above character which is easily and cheaply constructed so that it may be sold at a low price.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of a stationary table supported upon suitable legs and having a plurality of openings therein, a supplemental table hinged beneath the stationary one so as to form a receptacle to catch balls adapted to be thrown to pass through said openings and a spring or springs to normally hold the supplemental table in position.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of a toy constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal section of the same, and Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

In the practical embodiment of the invention, the toy is preferably mounted upon a suitable base 1, which base supports uprights or legs 2, preferably four in number. These legs have secured at their upper ends a slightly inclinedstationary table 3, provided with a plurality of holes or openings 4. In the drawings there are shown fourteen openings but it is, of course, understood that this number may be varied if desired. Various numbers are placed adjacent the openings so as to give a distinctive value to each in order to determine the amount each player makes. A rail 5 surrounds all of the holes so that when one of the balls 6 is tossed upon the table it is confined thereon and may roll around with the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 27,' 1916.

Serial No. 45,342.

object of entering any one of the holes 4.

Should the ball pass through one of the holes it falls upon a supplemental table 7, so spaced below the table 3 as to keep it directly beneath, or partially within the opening until released as will presently appear. The table 7 is constructed preferably in the form of shallow box, having a bottom and four sides, and occupies a lposition within the legs 2. It is hinged at 8 to one end to the stationary table, its opposite end being free to swing in a vertical plane. In order to hold the free end in position, one

Aor more springs 9 are employed. These springs are all of sullicient strength to securely hold the table 7 beneath the table 8 unless purposely pressed downward, and when so pressed the balls falling within the openings 4 will be released and run downward to the free end where they are held in position by a strip 10. The sides l1 are of a height to prevent the balls from rolling out, the said sides being preferably reduced as at 12 so as to Obtain just the proper height to hold the balls in position until purposely released. By this means a number of balls may be thrown by a single player and the numbers adjacent the holes entered may be counted before the iballs are returned for the neXt player.

While in the drawings a spring is shown as the means for normally holding the table the rear of the stationary table and free to swing downward at its opposite end, and a spring located beneath the supplemental table.

3. A device of the character described Comprising a stationary table having openings therein, a supplemental table hinged to the rear of the stationary table and extending beyond the same to determine the position of the player, and resilient means for 10 normally holding said supplemental table in position.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature.

SHOZO WATANABE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of latent, Washington, D. 

